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Highlights and tour details
From the Valcaira Refuge, descend along route A17 crossing Costa Valcaira and Rocche dei Butti. The trail follows the watershed, on sun-drenched soil, between sparse vegetation (sorbs, junipers, birches, roses and alders) and rocky outcrops, to reach an alpine glade from where you resume the slope that leads to Colle di Chionea (1223 m). From here, a lovely mule track descends between dry walls to reach the town of Chionea, at 1105 m, where it is possible to reconnect with Stage 9 of the Tanaro Trail.
Other information
Source: Unione Montana Alta Val Tanaro
Itinerary code: STA
Classification: Medium and low mountain provincial
Provinces crossed: Cuneo
Departure, arrival and municipalities crossed
Stages
- Sentiero Tanaro (STA) (236,00 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 1 Dogliani (Historic town centre) - Clavesana (Loc. S. Giuseppe) (12,00 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 1A Castellino Tanaro - Mombasiglio (14,70 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 2A Mombasiglio - Lisio (11,50 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 2 Clavesana (Loc. S. Giuseppe) - Castellino Tanaro (14,80 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 3A Lisio - Viola St Gree (7,80 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 3 Castellino Tanaro - Sale S. Giovanni (25,10 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 4 Sale S. Giovanni - Priero (5,60 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 4A: Viola St Gree - Pamparato (Borgo di Valcasotto) (13,20 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 5A Pamparato (village of Valcasotto) - Frabosa Soprana (hamlet of Fontane) (15,00 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 5 Priero - Nucetto (15,00 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 6 Nucetto - Priola (Borgata Casario) (16,50 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 6A Frabosa Soprana (Fraz.Fontane) - Ormea (Rifugio Valcaira) (14,80 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 7 Priola (Fraz.Casario) - Garessio (Borg. Pian Bernardo, Fraz. di Trappa) (15,30 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 7A Ormea (Rifugio Valcaira) - Chionea, Fraz. di Ormea (4,30 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 8 Garessio (Borgata Pian Bernardo, Fraz. di Trappa) - Ormea (11,20 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 9 Ormea - Quarzina (14,50 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 10 Quarzina - Rifugio Mongioie (13,70 km)
- Sentiero Tanaro: Stage 11 Rifugio Mongioie - Rifugio Don Barbera (11,30 km)